For the Detective Pikachu event in Pokémon GO, there are new quests to solve, and these tasks pose real puzzles. This significantly improves the rather dull quest system of the game.
These are the new quests: The new tasks for the event require background knowledge about Pokémon. Tasks include “Catch the water Pokémon that is carried in a backpack” or “Catch the seed Pokémon that is walking in the river”.
These field research tasks revolutionize the rather dull quest system of Pokémon GO enormously. Previously, the quests were mostly commands and not so much puzzles. Now, more is required of you.
That’s why the new quests are so good for Pokémon GO
This is the problem with Pokémon GO: The game is viewed as very easy by many Pokémon fans. You don’t have to understand much about Pokémon to utilize all features in the game.
This may be sufficient for a relaxed evening stroll. However, for someone who really wants to be challenged in a game, Pokémon GO hardly offers the right tasks.
These new quests are great: Those who want to solve these tasks must have knowledge about Pokémon. For instance, Psyduck was the water Pokémon that was always carried in a backpack by Misty in the Pokémon anime.
Anyone who has watched the trailers for “Detective Pikachu” knows that Bulbasaur walks in the river.
It’s not the rewards from the quests or the difficulty in solving them, but the thinking involved in the tasks. This makes the new quests so interesting and good.
However, it must be noted: The tasks mainly reference the trailer for the current movie. It is certainly a marketing strategy aimed at promoting the film.
Nevertheless, Niantic demonstrates that they can offer more than just simple quests, and that they can hide little puzzles within these tasks. This is particularly interesting here.
How might it proceed? In upcoming events, more field research tasks may come where you need to apply your Pokémon knowledge. “Catch the Pokémon that is always sad” would be a good example. Anyone who knows the story understands that this refers to Shedinja.
Some field research tasks can also relate to Pokédex entries. For example, it states that Bulbasaur is a seed Pokémon. With this approach, many more tasks could be created.
Thus, there could also be future tasks that would test your knowledge of Pokémon. This would attract Pokémon fans who have so far considered the mobile game too simple.
Of course, this is only a beginning. Nonetheless, this beginning could hold much promise and suggest further events that include such quests.
What do you think? Would such a quest approach be beneficial for the game?
In the current event, however, there are not only positive aspects. One Pokémon bothers many Europeans:
